Answer in brief
CVE-2026-116872 records a High severity (CVSS 8.7) vulnerability in Semantic MediaWiki 3.0.0 before 7.3.1 Denial of Service via Special:Search Compact Filters. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWiki (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticMediaWikigeneric | >=3.0.0 <7.3.1 | 7.3.1 |
Published upstream
Oct 27, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 27, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 27, 2026
Semantic MediaWiki from 3.0.0 before 7.3.1 contains an algorithmic complexity vulnerability in TermParser::normalize_compact_form() that allows unauthenticated attackers to cause quadratic CPU consumption. Attackers can submit long search terms with many distinct in:(...) or has:(...) expressions to Special:Search to exhaust PHP search workers when the extended search engine is enabled.
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